UNICEF speaks out against child deaths in northern Nigerian clashes

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today lamented the deaths of a number of Nigerian children in clashes in the north of the country, with most of those taking part in the violence being young people.
According to media reports, the majority of the dozens killed in the fighting on Monday in Bauchi were children.

Afghanistan: top UN envoy voices concern over mounting civilian toll

As the United Nations investigates a joint raid by Afghan and international forces in which 10 people – mostly students – were killed, the world body’s top envoy to Afghanistan today appealed to all groups, both government and insurgent, to step up efforts to distinguish between civilians and combatants.
Details surrounding the 27 December incident, in which the 10 civilians were killed in northeast Afghanistan, are still unclear, but according to the UN Assistance

A war on three fronts… I haven't seen that since just before the Nazis got wiped out.

The concept of the “preemptive strike” fills me with dread and reminds me of the reason why.  When I was a little younger, I was still in primary school, I think I was around 10 years old, I became the target of a school bully who liked nothing more than pushing me around, calling me [...]

ISAF Questions Claims of Civilian Casualties, Calls for Joint Investigation of Kunar Incident

Coalition and Afghan Security Force entered the village of Ghazi Khan in the Narang district of Kunar Province, in order to locate a known insurgent group responsible for a series of violent attacks in the area. As the joint assault force entered the village, they came under fire from several buildings and in returning fire killed nine individuals. Several assault rifles, ammunition, and ammonium nitrate used in bomb-making were discovered.

Four ISAF Soldiers, 1 Canadian Civilian Killed in IED Strike in Southern Afghanistan | Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 31) The incident occurred 4 km south of Kandahar City at approximately 4 p.m., as a result of an improvised explosive device attack on an armoured vehicle during a patrol. “We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss of life. Their commitment to the mission and to the Afghan people is a [...]

Executive Order — Medical Countermeasures Following a Biological Attack

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 30, 2009 Executive Order — Medical Countermeasures Following a Biological Attack ESTABLISHING FEDERAL CAPABILITY FOR THE TIMELY PROVISION OF MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES FOLLOWING A BIOLOGICAL ATTACK By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States [...]

Rush Limbaugh Apparent Heart Attack

RUSH LIMBAUGH, the 58 years old host of radio talk-show program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, and the voice of the Republican Party was rushed to a Honolulu hospital experiencing chest pains on Wednesday afternoon.

Afghan insurgents kill CIA agents, Canadians | Reuters

Insurgents intensified their campaign against military targets and U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, killing eight U.S. CIA agents at a base and four Canadian servicemen on patrol and a journalist accompanying them.

U.S. officials said the dead Americans — killed in a suicide bombing on a military base in southeastern Khost province on Wednesday — were CIA agents.

It was one of the highest foreign non-military death tolls in the eight-year war against the Islamist Taliban.

The four Canadians and the journalist from the Calgary Herald were killed when their armored vehicle was hit by a bomb in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, the Canadian Defense Ministry said.

Military demands resignation of Nigerian President

Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa stated that the country is drifting because of the President’s lack of capacity as evidenced by his frequent absence and lackluster performance; our political leaders are compounding our problems by declaring that the nation would be thrown into crisis if the president fails to recover. This, to say the least, is irresponsible and can only succeed in once again pushing the nation to the precipice.

Email Message from – General Wesley Clark Requesting Your Help – Stop the Tea party radicals and greedy Republicans!

Make no mistake about it: Republican special interests are going after Main Street America.

They have opposed the President’s historic health care plan. They are trying to block financial reform and accountability for the gamblers who nearly wrecked the economy. And, they have engaged in some of the worst demagoguery and destructive rhetoric America has seen in decades.